AMTNJ One-Day Workshop: Building Data Literacy in your Elementary Classroom (K-5)

Workshop Title: Building Data Literacy in your Elementary Classroom (K-5)

Date: 1/14/2026

Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm

Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District

Facilitator(s):  Debra Gulick

Description:  Data literacy is not only a mathematical concept, but a necessary life skill. Students need to learn what the data tells them and what questions to ask in order to build the foundations for a later understanding of statistics. Informed citizens are flooded with data at every turn, making data literacy vitally important. Building an understanding of data can be built throughout the school year by building on students’ curiosity and developing a culture of drawing conclusions from data. Teachers will learn how to build visual displays to organize data and guide students’ questions.